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Eden Road Underground 2 November 1, 2010 feet, is in construction. Phase 2 of undergrounding work on East 14` Street from 150 Avenue to Thornton Street/Maud Avenue, a distance of about 8,800 linear feet, is in the design stage. Presence of an underground utility district requires property owners within the district to pay for the cost of relocating utilities that serve their property. Analysis The City has plans to significantly improve Eden Road, including paving of the existing dirt road and construction of a new roadway segment that will extend the road to Davis Street near the intersection with Bayside Business Center Drive. The work could include undergrounding of the utilities in the area. The City's Underground Utility Master Plan identifies streets that are potential candidates for underground utility districts. The Master Plan also includes the criteria that anticipated significant City street improvements are opportunistic times to underground utilities. Using the aforementioned Master Plan guidance, an Underground Utility District is proposed over Eden Road as shown on the plan line titled "Eden Road," a plan that includes approximately 1,800 linear feet of roadway. Creation of the Eden Road Underground Utility District requires the following: 1) that power for new streetlights comes from underground conduits; 2) that approximately 1,000 lineal feet of existing overhead utilities be relocated underground; and 3) that any future utility installations be done underground. Owners of property adjacent to the new roadway or that receive benefit from the new roadway will be asked to fund their portion of the roadway construction project and undergrounding of the utilities. Additionally, establishment of the Underground Utility District provides the official notice to all utility companies that all new utility lines installed in the area must be installed below ground. A typical underground district includes all parcels that have frontage along a roadway. This particular roadway is adjacent to the Galbraith Golf Course, which is located in the City of Oakland and managed by the Port of Oakland. Property outside of the City limits is not subject to actions of the City Council and so is not included in the list of properties to be entered into the district: however, the golf course property does not obtain any utility service from Eden Road and so has no overhead utility lines that will conflict with the district. The City will hire a consulting electrical (or utility) engineer to design the work in conjunction with the other planned improvements along the roadway. City Council Committee Review and Action The Facilities and Transportation Committee reviewed the five -year Underground Utility project list containing this project at its meeting on September 14, 2010 and recommended approval by the City Council. On September 20, 2010 by Resolution No. 2010 -119, the Council approved the 2010 -2011 Five - Year Project List for Underground Utility District Conversion Projects.